@article{ref1,
title="Healthcare providers' experiences screening for intimate partner violence among migrant and seasonal farmworking women: a phenomenological study",
journal="Health expectations: an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy",
year="2015",
author="Wilson, Jonathan B. and Rappleyea, Damon L. and Hodgson, Jennifer L. and Brimhall, Andrew S. and Hall, Tana L. and Thompson, Alyssa P.",
volume="19",
number="6",
pages="1277-1289",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Migrant and seasonal farmworking (MSFW) women patients experience substantially more intimate partner violence (IPV) than the general population, but few health-care providers screen patients for IPV. While researchers have examined screening practices in health-care settings, none have exclusively focused on MSFW women. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: The aim of this phenomenological study was to explore the experiences of health-care providers who have screened for and/or addressed IPV with MSFW women patients. <br><br>DESIGN: Researchers utilized descriptive phenomenology to capture the lived experiences of these health-care providers. Data were analysed using Colaizzi's seven-stage framework. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Interviews were conducted with nine female participants - all of whom: (i) were clinically active health-care providers within the MSFW community, (ii) were bilingual in English and Spanish or had access to a translator, (iii) had treated MSFW patients who had experienced IPV and (iv) were at least 18 years of age. <br><br>RESULTS: Participants' experiences were reflected in four emergent themes: (i) provider-centered factors, (ii) patient-centered factors, (iii) clinic-centered factors and (iv) community-centered factors. Participants described barriers to establish routine IPV assessment, decrease patient ambivalence and increase on-site support and community resources. <br><br>DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: This study aimed to generate a greater understanding of the experiences of health-care providers with screening for and addressing IPV with MSFW patients. Implications and recommendations for research, clinical practice and policy are provided.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1369-6513",
doi="10.1111/hex.12421",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.12421"
}